What are the changes in updated themes?

[inkdrops]

Hello,

I have both the Lifestyle Pro and Metro Pro themes and I see that both are updated. How do I know what has been updated? Also, do I then upload the new updated theme on my site?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Diana

http://www.aromatherapyanywhere.com

[Brad Dalton]

The download page shows the version number and updated date.

If you download the theme. you'll find the CHANGELOG inside the README.txt file which gives you something like this:

CHANGELOG

= 3.0.0 =
* Version initial release

= 3.0.1 =
* Remove rem units

= 3.0.2 =
* Add theme setting defaults
* Add mobile menus

= 3.1 =
* Update theme defaults
* After entry theme support
* HTML 5 galleries
* Update gallery styles
* Update theme description

= 3.1.1 =
* Remove obsolete comments filter
* Remove IE8 CSS fix for images
* Add hr tag styling
* Add small and disabled button styles
* Update menu names in admin

= 3.1.2 =
* Update Screenshot
* Remove deprecated theme tags
* Update documentation

= 3.2.0 =
* Move color selection to the customizer
* Add accessibility
* Add WooCommerce Support
* Update responsive menu script
* Update file structure
* Update docs standards
* Update text domain
* Update logo size for retina devices

= 3.2.1 =
* Standards check
* Update mobile menu submenu label

= 3.2.2 =
* Fix error thrown when WooCommerce was inactive

= 3.2.3 =
* Fix mobile menu color issue

You can install the new version of the theme however you will need to move over your modifications and custom code etc.

If you're going to do this, i would test first.

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[lwharris]

There are a few changes with the new version of Metro that I don't like. Here are the things that I've noticed:

1. The primary & secondary menus are combined into one menu on mobile sized screen. This would be okay, but there is a big empty space, under my logo, where the primary menu used to be. At first I thought the entire menu had disappeared & I think some site visitors will also think the menu is gone on the mobile.

Also, the mobile menu lists the secondary menu items first. I realize different sites might use the two menus differently, so it would be nice to have control over the order of the mobile menu.

2. Template pages like 'blog' or 'category' pages now have a large heading at the top of the content that says BLOG or CATEGORY. Maybe it was added for accessibility issues, but it sure is big & ugly & takes up a lot of space.

You can view these changes on the Metro demo page: http://my.studiopress.com/themes/metro/

I've gone back to 2.1.1 until I can fix these issues. I choose Genesis/child themes so I wouldn't have to tweak code with each update, but here I am tweaking code. It's still a wonderful theme, though.

Also, I've learned a lot reading your site! 🙂

Lezly

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